Friday, March 29, 2013

April meeting on deer overpopulation

Who:     Geoffrey Westerfield, Div. of Wildlife
What:    Deer Population with ODNR
Where:  Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room
When:   April 3, 7PM  

For questions please contact jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net

This is a joint meeting with the Friends of Euclid Creek. 

Don't miss what should be an informative meeting on this important topic. 

March Board of Directors meeting

Please check back soon for the final draft of these notes. 

Meeting notes for HHGTF Board of Director meeting for March 28 We met at Panera Bread and in attendance were Judy Dearden, Jeanette Evans, Frank Sever, Maryellen Dombek, Marybeth Skala, Rick Evans, and Al Hess. Here are the items we discussed. 

Quorum and meeting minutes
We have a quorum and can vote on issues.  
Jeanette read the minutes from the last meeting. 

Financial report
Judy presented the report and asked that we vote on what would happen if we were to cease operation. By unanimous vote we agreed to 
  • place our money into a scholarship fund for Mayfield schools if we cease operating
  • increase dues from $15 to $20 a year

Incorporation and non profit status
We are now incorporated and agreed to proceed with non profit status. We discussed proceeding with Bay Village and Rick is to talk to Ken Messinger-Rapport about this. We discussed the need to raise funds for these types of projects: 
  • scholarships
  • land acquisition
  • speaker fees
  • table fees 
  • supplies such as gloves for composting projects
  • costs for taking classes 
  • field trip fees such as renting a bus
  • conference fees 
  • educational materials such as fliers and handouts
  • printing

UH SAFE KIDS 
Judy updated us on this program to recycle car seats. 

Partnering
We discussed partnering with cities such as Mayvield Village and Richmond Heights  

NE Ohio Facebook page
Please like this NE Ohio Environmental Task Force page. 

Miscellaneous
We discussed:
  • videos of our meetings
  • volunteer list that we circulated  
  • April 20 table at the new library on SOM Center Road 2pm to 5pm 
  • Mayfield Schools Green Team with Frank Sever updating us 
  • wood chips for Millridge with an update from Al Hess

Plans for 3 and 5 years out
We discussed that by:
  • 2016 we would double membership and increase collaboration
  • 2018 we would have a paid staff member

Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions or comments.